The FountainThe text is a novel set in Holland during the first World War. The main characters are a British officer, a Dutch aristocrat and his British stepdaughter who is married to a German officer. It was a winner of the 1932 Hawthornden Prize. |
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Page 152
... tell . It may be priceless . Then there's material for a history of your own family with his comments - pretty harsh and shrewd some- times . And there's a third group . The glances I've had tell me little of it . I think he must have ...
... tell . It may be priceless . Then there's material for a history of your own family with his comments - pretty harsh and shrewd some- times . And there's a third group . The glances I've had tell me little of it . I think he must have ...
Page 190
... tell me this now ? " he said . " It's useless , Julie . " " Because it's true , " she answered , " as true as I can tell . And because I'm telling myself while I tell you . . . . Even up to this afternoon , I was — what I've told you ...
... tell me this now ? " he said . " It's useless , Julie . " " Because it's true , " she answered , " as true as I can tell . And because I'm telling myself while I tell you . . . . Even up to this afternoon , I was — what I've told you ...
Page 202
... tell her of this evening , " Sophie interrupted . " You will pay her compliments and that will be dull . Tell her what she was before you began to read the fairy - tale . That will be interesting . You dined here on the evening before ...
... tell her of this evening , " Sophie interrupted . " You will pay her compliments and that will be dull . Tell her what she was before you began to read the fairy - tale . That will be interesting . You dined here on the evening before ...
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